What’s new in Kinovea 0.9.5#

Combined release notes for Kinovea 0.9.4 and 0.9.5, published in April and October 2021.

Player#

  • fix Some manipulations in the playback screen were not triggering screen activation.

  • fix The timecodes were wrong when using a custom playback frame rate.

Annotations#

  • enhancement The default KVA file for capture and playback can now point to a file anywhere on the file system.

  • enhancement Save and restore the mirror flag in annotation files.

  • fix Time values from KVA files containing a selection where not imported correctly.

  • fix In the Goniometer tool the end point of the reference axis should not be trackable.

  • fix Trajectory objects were rendered as smooth curves even when filtering was not enabled.

  • fix The scaling of Rectangle and Circle was wrong when loading annotations into a video of a different size.

Measurement#

  • enhancement The calibration Line can now be used as the vertical axis unit vector, or ignored altogether and the Coordinate system be aligned with the image axes.

  • enhancement Support exporting start and stop times for Chronometers.

  • fix Crash when opening trajectory configuration dialog.

  • fix Crash when clearing unassigned trackers.

  • fix Tracking of the calibration object was not taken into account when computing coordinates.

  • fix The calibration object and Coordinate system origin should not be shown in linear kinematics plot.

  • fix In linear kinematics diagrams curve smoothing was enabled even if filtering was not enabled.

  • fix Kinematics measurements were off by one frame when the Coordinate system is itself tracked.

Capture#

  • feature Added support for Baumer machine vision cameras.

  • feature New button to arm and disarm the audio trigger.

  • feature New quiet period during which the audio trigger is deactivated, to avoid spurious recordings.

  • enhancement It is now possible to load annotations in the capture screen using the File menu.

  • enhancement It is now possible to manipulate objects even if they are not on the first keyframe.

  • enhancement Camera streams are now disconnected when the computer enters sleep mode.

  • enhancement The mirror flag is now saved and restored.

  • fix Memory sharing for capture screen wasn’t working correctly.

  • fix The application could crash when using drawing tools in the capture screen.

  • fix The capture screen didn’t export some metadata correctly when the camera was rotated.

  • fix The capture test grid was wrong when the camera was rotated.

  • fix Crash when trying to render detached drawings like chronometer in a capture screen.

Delay and replay#

  • enhancement New menus to launch a replay folder observer from any file in the explorer panel.

  • enhancement New menu to switch between normal video and replay folder observer.

  • enhancement display a special image when the delay is larger than the first frame available.

  • enhancement added a command to disable delayed display but still use the delay for recording.

  • enhancement delay is temporary disabled when opening the camera configuration dialog.

  • enhancement replay folder observers keep monitoring their folder when an old video is loaded.

  • enhancement capture screens monitor the last exported KVA and reload it automatically when modified.

  • fix The speed slider could fail to keep its value when loading a new video in a replay observer.

General#

  • feature Added support for workspaces as presets of screens arrangements and content.

  • feature Added support for controlling Kinovea from external applications using WM_COPYDATA messages.

  • enhancement The save menu was reorganized as Save, Save as… and Export video.

  • enhancement The main window position and state is now saved and restored between sessions.